Popcorn Book Club comes to you with sad news this week in that this will be our final episode. We spend it talking about the books we covered, the books we wish we'd covered, and some of our favorite adaptations. Thank you for listening and ple

Screen Time: V For Vendetta

Dec 7th, 2020 1h 11m

After covering books one through three of Alan Moore and David Lloyd's graphic novel V For Vendetta, we are getting into the 2005 film adaptation, directed by James McTeigue, written (and perhaps shadow-directed) by the Wachowski Sisters, and s

V For Vendetta (Part 3)

Nov 30th, 2020 55m 31s

It still being November, just a little bit, we are still talking V For Vendetta. We have made it to Book Three, the final part of the graphic novel, and this week, we'll hash out our issues with the ending and discuss the allowances and issues

V For Vendetta (Part 2)

Nov 23rd, 2020 57m 31s

There were plenty of options for our first graphic novel adaptation to choose from, and I think there are few more appropriate ones for November 2020 than “V for Vendetta,” the graphic novel written by Alan Moore and illustrated by David Lloyd,

V For Vendetta (Part 1)

Nov 16th, 2020 1h

Though we are a little late for November 5th — Guy Fawkes Day — we unfortunately seem to be right on time for the impending threat of totalitarianism. This week we begin our discussion of V For Vendetta, the graphic novel written by Alan Moore

Screen Time: Lovecraft Country (Part 2)

Nov 9th, 2020 1h 22m

Halloween is over and Biden is president-elect, but luckily (?) for us, the horrors of America and its past are with us always! And so this week we are getting more Screen Time with the second half of the season of HBO’s Lovecraft Country.Follo

Screen Time: Rebecca (2020)

Nov 2nd, 2020 1h 12m

You ever read an entire book and not really get what it’s about? I bring that up for no real reason. This week on Popcorn Book Club we’re taking in some Screen Time with the movie adaptation of Daphne du Maurier’s “Rebecca.” Last week we talked

Screen Time: Rebecca (1940)

Oct 26th, 2020 1h 7m

Over the past couple weeks, we’ve been talking about the novel Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier—it’s a story about murder, obsession, and finding out the person closest to you harbors an awful secret. Honestly, it already sounds like a Hitchcock mo

Rebecca (Part 2)

Oct 19th, 2020 51m 8s

Have you ever had a partner who just could not let go of their ex? I’m willing to bet Daphne du Maurier did! This week we continue our discussion of the second Mrs. de Winter and the long shadow of her predecessor, Rebecca.Follow us on Twitter!

Rebecca (Part 1)

Oct 12th, 2020 50m 48s

Happy October, Popcorn Book Club listeners! We covered horror and monsters and cults of scary white people a few weeks ago with our discussion of Lovecraft Country, and so we’re covering the other side of this spooky season with the gothic thri

Screen Time: Brave New World

Oct 5th, 2020 1h 18m

When you’re talking about books being adapted into movies and TV, the cliché that comes to mind is “the book was better.” But if you’ve listened to our last couple of episodes about Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World (hint hint… you should go do t

Brave New World (Part 2)

Sep 28th, 2020 56m 41s

Last week, we started in on Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, now a series on NBC’s Peacock. We discussed a whole bunch of people in it, none of whom—as it turns out—are the main character. If you haven’t heard our previous show, definitely go b

Brave New World (Part 1)

Sep 21st, 2020 57m 16s

I know one thing I’m fond of saying is that this show is not English class — there’s no required reading... or watching for that matter. But this week we are diving into our first piece of bona fide English lit required reading — Aldous Huxley’

Screen Time: Lovecraft Country

Sep 14th, 2020 49m 1s

I don’t know what your Twitter timeline looks like, but if it’s anything like ours, every week, like clockwork, it has been filled with people absolutely freaking out about HBO’s Lovecraft Country—how scary it is, how surprising, how interestin

The Hate U Give (Part 3) with Angie Thomas

Sep 7th, 2020 1h 5m

One of the cool things about doing a show about books by contemporary writers is that…they are contemporaries. Like, if you have a question about Frankenstein, you can’t go ask Mary Shelley, she’s dead. But after our conversations about The Hat

The Hate U Give (Part 2)

Aug 31st, 2020 51m 9s

This week we continue our discussion of Angie Thomas’ novel “The Hate U Give.” The book follows 16-year-old Starr Carter, a young black woman, who sees her best friend Khalil shot and killed by police in front of her during a routine traffic st

The Hate U Give (Part 1)

Aug 24th, 2020 1h 2m

Just in case you are listening to this from the future, here’s a quick refresher that the summer of 2020 was… “unusual,” though there are a lot of other words we could use. It was notable for the Black Lives Matter protests and violent clashes

Lovecraft Country (Part 2)

Aug 17th, 2020 1h 25m

This is a show about books and adaptations and one subject we’ve returned to a couple of times is who gets to tell stories. Today we’re continuing our discussion of Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff. Now, Matt is white, and the adaptation now on H

Lovecraft Country (Part 1)

Aug 10th, 2020 1h 39m

We don’t necessarily need to seek out literature to fill us with a creeping sense of existential dread, seeing as how we have… everything else happening right now. But there is something to be said for using horror to reclaim power. This week,

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Bonus! Food Court

Aug 8th, 2020 2m 42s

Dana and Korama's friendship goes back many years, and they have mutually decided to throw all that away for an episode of Food Court with Richard Blais. We're sharing an excerpt of this week's episode, a fight between french fries and sweet po

I Know This Much Is True (Part 5)

Aug 6th, 2020 1h 21m

Domenico's story is over, and Dominick is reckoning with the idea of redemption. Will he get the answers he's looking for? Let's find out!Follow us on Twitter!@DanaSchwartzzz@JenAshleyWright@koramadrama@MelissaFTWand Tien has wisely gotten off

I Know This Much Is True (Part 4)

Aug 3rd, 2020 1h 2m

You know how grandparents are normally sweet and adorable? Okay, well throw all that out the window. This episode we’ll continue our discussion of Wally Lamb’s novel I Know This Much Is True. We’re diving into the story of Domenico Onofrio Temp

I Know This Much Is True (Part 3)

Jul 27th, 2020 38m 35s

We are deep in the middle of this story about anger and sadness but we are here for you, friends! We’re continuing our discussion of I Know This Much Is True by Wally Lamb, now a series on HBO. This week we finally get a peek into Dominico’s me

I Know This Much Is True (Part 2)

Jul 20th, 2020 1h

It's tragedy bingo from our friend, Wally Lamb. Infant death, child pornography, rape, murder, suicide... am I missing anything?Follow us on Twitter!@DanaSchwartzzz@JenAshleyWright@koramadrama@MelissaFTWand Tien has wisely gotten off Twitter bu

I Know This Much Is True (Part 1)

Jul 13th, 2020 1h 18m

I Know This Much Is True by Wally Lamb is getting an HBO adaptation with two Mark Ruffalos (double Ruffali!) so dive into the tragic story of the Birdsey twins.Follow us on Twitter!@DanaSchwartzzz@JenAshleyWright@koramadrama@MelissaFTWand Tien